Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-04-12
THE PAN HANDLE ssCOMngNE~
Further Particulars nj the Mig Cen.
sPlrary ot Frctghs.TrAia Wen.


TITS said by the pan Handle Railroad authorities
that every man arrested yesterday In conuccfson
with the rcbberes OF freight trains had ssoscn
goods concealed AZ his house or at some point
where he could readily get AZ them Most y them
mad pawn-tickets on their person when arrested,
and much OF the stolen goods may be recovered In
this way. number OF houses were raAded I'm
Fttsoufg and large Quantities OF loot recovered.
Among the prisoners are several desperate char.
acsers Who were wanted by the police for otssr
onenses They were all armed, and, when NC
taken by SURPRISE resisted arrest
The most important arrest mace st p1ttsouR
was bfaheman Young. He called st the Jail 20
so 80 o" e OF ths prsoners and was immediatey
cent, but finally admitted that he had iarYe lgt
OF me property AZ his house and told hoW the
SSS S :, had p come into his posss,oa ,s COMES
~ appears that the theases carried ON thsir
m y ;b sen s without 1rsasing the lead
conditlon. This Was Done 30 deity ' the. sSy 81
cred that the seals had been tamp.red with. De-
tective kue, a the Pennsylvanis Railruod, gave
sne IS@"iOS account nc s,es Of how the mods.
Zone dark night one OF our men stump.sd sesanst
the mystery OF the seals and the method by which
they were SUCCESSFULLY tsmpered with. Concealed
Union Line car. The wire was pulled out OF GA
seal, the door was thrown back ana the car e.
lot Of plumber. They made Oh 70 the csSo%s
and the conductor pulled back the door ran tko
wire through the seal where II had been pulled
cut and with board struck N . blow. TIE wire
went back 70 its place the blow united she euet
lead again without destroying the lettering ca
either side. and the seal apparently untouchea
saw one OF these, and Il was only BY the csoscst
scrutiny that perSon could detsct the signs Of
tamperfng With II. The Government bonded oass
were broken perhaps, oftener than the ordinary
Union Line or common freight cara In these they
always knew they could get chosce goods eiiks,
oaddiee Of tobacco seemed 20 be some OF their
necessities Boxes OF shoes and Q general run of
merchant supplies Tor their everyday uss wsre
Hundreds OF boxee which had contained the 1uNss
OF imported cigars were found on these trains
boldly used by the men 70 hold their caps and
had they become that the United states reQula-
tions, strict as they are, had lost eli terror foe
them.n
YOUTHFUL TBrEr sESTssCnp.-A small colosed
boy named Bleeney Brown was In the dock a. Tie
Police Court this morning charged with 0sanne
$40 from the house OF Ma Ellen Horn, who lives
ployed Al Mn Horns house, and when arrested
the money was found on his person. he claimed
that he found II In front Of the house. between the
car tracks. He was sentenced TO the Reform
school during minority.
A BILL FOR DIvoRCs.-Mr. W. A. Cook to-day
died for Jas. Almer Frank bill for divorce from
Celia Frank. They were marTaed March lS,
1874, and lived together TIL July 81, 1856, when
she deserted him.
RANGE OF THE THERhonsrRR.-The following
were the readings at the signal Office to-day. q
m, ~; Bpm, %; maximum, -: minimum So.
SENIOR J. A. OLIvARRIA, the new Venezuelan min
lister who succeeds Senior Soteldo. has arrived N
New York.